TD Garden

Home of the Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins, TD Garden is New England's premier sports and entertainment venue.

TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995. It is the most visited sports and entertainment arena in New England, with nearly 3.5 million people visiting the arena each year. TD Garden is the home arena for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

It is owned by food service and hospitality conglomerate Delaware North, whose CEO Jeremy Jacobs also owns the Bruins. It is the site of the annual Beanpot college hockey tournament, and has hosted the Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament on multiple occasions, though the event is not held there annually. The arena has hosted many major national sporting events including various rounds of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, the 2014 United States Figure Skating Championships, and the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships.

In addition, TD Garden hosted the 2021 Laver Cup, an international men's tennis tournament. Besides sporting events, the TD Garden has also served as a concert venue for numerous nationally touring acts in music and comedy. The naming rights deal for the arena is scheduled to continue through June 2045, with TD Bank and Delaware North extending the agreement in January 2023.

Quick Facts

Nickname

The Garden

Former names

Shawmut Center (during construction)
FleetCenter (1995–2005)
TD Banknorth Garden (2005–2009)

Address

100 Legends Way

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Groundbreaking

29 April 1993

Opened

30 September 1995

Renovated

2006, 2009, 2014, 2019

Owner

Delaware North Companies

Lore & Background

During the construction phase, the naming rights to the 'New Garden' were sold to Boston-based Shawmut Bank, and the arena was originally slated to open as the Shawmut Center. However, before the arena opened, Shawmut merged with Fleet Financial Group, forcing every seat in the arena, which had all been stamped with the Shawmut logo, to be replaced. The arena ultimately opened as the FleetCenter. On January 5, 2005, Delaware North announced an agreement under which Fleet/Bank of America made a payment to be released from the remaining six years on the naming rights agreement.

The agreement left Delaware North free to sell the naming rights to another sponsor. On March 3, 2005, Maine-based TD Banknorth, a U.S. subsidiary of Toronto-Dominion Bank, announced its purchase of the naming rights for $6 million per year. On July 1, 2005, the facility was officially renamed the TD Banknorth Garden. In April 2008, TD Banknorth became TD Bank, after a merger with Commerce Bancorp, a New Jersey–based bank.

Owner Delaware North Companies announced on April 15, 2009, that the building would be renamed TD Garden in July 2009. Delaware North and TD Bank announced the extension of the naming rights deal on January 12, 2023, with the rights now extending until June 30, 2045.

Reader's Guide

The arena opened in 1995 as the FleetCenter after the Shawmut-Fleet merger. It was renamed TD Banknorth Garden in 2005, and then TD Garden in 2009. The naming rights deal with TD Bank extends through June 2045.